A three-step teaching experience in Indonesia, or how to transfer your message when you do not speak the students' language

摘要

During 2008-2010, the HORTSYS project was assisting the Indonesian authorities with policy support, and the national and provincial seed testing labs with technical support. We will not go into technical details in this short report, other than sayingthat we hope that eventually this support may lead to the accreditation of the national lab (Balai Besar Pengembangan Pengujian Mutu Benih Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura, Cimanggis (BB-PPMB-TPH, or BPMB for short). This is to show how we managed to overcome the language barrier.